Author Archives: adq

Rather surprisingly, it just started working! All you need to have is a valid keystore at /var/local/java/keystore/developer.keystore with at least three keys in it. The aliases of the three keys must start with "dk", "di", and "dn" followed by some other string to distinguish one set of keys from another. You can have multiple setsContinue reading “Kindle 3: My developer kindlet is working!”

I’ve now created a valid java keystore in /var/local/java/developer.keystore. Clicking on my ktest app in the menu now says "The title is not signed by a registered developer".  All righty, so getting closer! I’ve not bothered to sign my ktest jar at all yet. Looking at the build.xml here, it looks like that author isContinue reading “Kindle: progress”

My latest gadget is a kindle 3, and of course I want to hack it. It has already been jailbroken using an exploit in busybox’s tar command symlink handling. See here for details and updates. I installed the kindle-jailbreak-0.3.N.zip and kindle-usbnetwork-0.20.N.zip updates to let me ssh in.  To enable usbnetwork, go to the "Search" screen andContinue reading “Kindle 3 hacking”

Hmm, not posted anything on here for ages! Anyway, to get going again, here is a tiny python library for interfacing to Google’s Streetview. It can download the tiles, but can also decode the panorama and depth map information. The depth map is used to do the cursor which snaps to the surrounding buildins etc.Continue reading “Streetview”

I’ve just noticed the android market developer console has finally gained a "Comments" link where you can see the comments people have submitted on your app. Frankly, it was a surprise to me that they didn’t have that before (you had to look at the market like everyone else!), but at least its there now.Continue reading “android market developer console improving”

I released  the latest redbus sometime this morning; its looking good, not had any negative reports (and some very positive ones), so I hope I managed to zap all the bugs caused by the optimisations. You can see how many people have downloaded the bus database update here. However, I’ve just noticed that Lothian Buses’ busContinue reading “redbus released and dodgy data”

Well, I’ve just been putting the finishing touches on redbus’ last major feature: bus stop location data updates.  This isn’t released yet; as its the sort of thing I really don’t want to go wrong on other people’s phones, I’m testing it on mine for a few days first. I’m quite pleased with the "highlyContinue reading “redbus mostly complete”

Sea AnemonieOriginally uploaded by adq_uk

Shining CoastOriginally uploaded by adq_uk

Can’t sleep again due to too many geeky things flying about in my head, gah! The next major feature to add to redbus will be bus stop data updates; I already have code to pull the stop information from lothian’s website. I need to make it check if anything has changed and automatically publish a newContinue reading “Quickie geek update”